Carrier and feeder.



Patented sept. 4, mou.`

2 Sheets-Sheet l,

D. WEBRE.

CARRIER AND FEEDER.

' (Application led Jan. 8, 1900.)

(Ilo-Model.)

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CARRIER AND FEEDER.

(Application led Jan. 8, 1900.)

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UNITED VSTATES lPATENT OFFICE.

D'oRIroR WBRE, or vAoHERIE, LOUISIANA.

CARRIER AND FEEDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of` Letters Patent No. 657,371, dated September 4, 1900.

Y Application iiled January 8, 1900. Serial No. 761. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it mwy`c'0ncern:

Be it known that I, DORIFOR WBRE, of Vacherie, in the parish of St. James,'State of Louisiana,'have inventedlcertain new and useful Improvements in Carriers and Feeders, of which the following isa complete specification, reference being had to the accompanyy ing drawings. i

The object of my invention is to produce improved means for delivering material and transporting it fromone point to another.

My invention is specially designed to facilitate the handling of agricultural products, such as sugar-cane, and specifically for facili- -tating its delivery from the conveyances by which it is transported from a field to the grinding, crushing, or other machinery designed to operate upon it.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a top plan view of an installation of my com- Fig. II is a section on the line II II of Fig. I. Fig. III isa section on the line III III of Fig. I. on the line IV IV of Fig. I.

Referring to the numerals on the drawings, in reading which comparison of the figures appears to be particularly necessary, 1 indicates a suitable platform that ispreferably made of wood, preferably laidsubstantially flush with the surface ofthe ground uponI which it is built. The'platform l is supported as upon woodenpieces or beams 2, that pref'- erably rest upon a depressed fixed 'platform 3,Which is denominated depressed 7 because it is preferably located below the surface of; it is supported, as by the ground upon which sills 4.

The walls 6, 7, 8, and 9 are preferably built respectively upon uprights 14, that are supported upon stringers 15, a floor 16,and bottom plates or sills 17. k

structure above described and the materialV Fig. IV is a section d i of which'it is constituted are subject to wide variation as to details, the preferred form only being specified and illustrated.

Theinclosures 10 and ll are preferably closed at their opposite ends and are accessible from above, as through hinged doors 2l, while the tunnel 12 is preferably open at the opposite ends of the Walls 8 and 9;

The tunnel 12 is designed to accommodate a carrier movable longitudinally through it, and in the drawings I have somewhat diagrammatically illustrated, as representative of such a carrier, an endless belt 22. As clearly shown in the drawings, this belt spans the tunnel l2 and is adapted to convey through the tunnel material deposited upon it from above.4 In the drawings the belt is represented simply as two strips within the tunnel;but it should be understood that it is suitably supported at its opposite ends by means not illustrated and also that it is driven by a power applied through means not illustrat-ed. Moreover, it is apparent that the upper side of the belt should be supported at intervals of requisite frequency, so as to facilitate its operation as a carrier. Such means of support may `consist of `suitable rollers arranged transversely through the tunnel. These and the otherparts not illusvtratedare omitted from the drawings as bein g yunnecessary in a diagrammatic illustration All, which are employed for the purposes of Y oilin g andrepairing the working parts. Below theV platform 3, in suitable excavattions provid ed for them, are built, as of wood, outside lateral `walls 6 and 7 and inside lateral walls 8 and 9, which define between them g respectively lateral inclosures 10 and 11 and Van intermediate tunnel 12.

Within the inclosure defined by the platform l and upon the depressed platform 3 I TOO Each of the trucks is` end-of the truck into the tunuehand'theilaty of the l carrier .22asclearly shown iin ifllgwsl. ll L v and I-I1Ise1vertoilimi,t the tilting:movementA them a vehicle-feucht, ,forexamplefas ,acer

' For A-the :samen urnose thermo-ken mili-:15.26 and l truck lfromcomingi-uto Contact with the trav series upon thexedfplatform 3, theprefenred numberfof rails afndseries of wheels being, Vas specified, three. The Wheels are grooved to correspond to the rails on `which they travel, so as to afi-ord a firm `purchase upon them,E and the trucks are so proportioned ,as that@v when they are inountedupo-nftheirrailstwir l' upper surfacesk shallbe substantially flushr with the upper surface of the 'zplatfonm ,i Each of the trucks 27 is of a width which will permit it freely to enter longitudinally the tunnel 12in order ,that itgmaylbetiltedox-.ins b clined into Athe tunnel, as 'clearlyindicated in Figs. l and III, for thepurposefof deposit-1 ing its load upon the traveling carrier 221' the intermediate "rail 2.4 are employed, 'the former that they emaysad-nit fthe depressed .ter that 1it mayzser-ve .as-a medial pivot tilting upon which .the truck may -be easilyfmanipulated. y

In order to :prevent ,the tilting-endet' l`the' cling lmalrrier, provide 'upon the'walls '8 and f' .9, `respectively, longitudinal ,guard-nailed@ and 31, which, rising above the upper devel of sthe truck. In' practiceof fcourse the tilfting oft-the 4truck occurs but at nflxe'd points, and r4guards or stop -pieces at those ,points would serve' =thepurpose specified; bi1-tithe .extended rails .are preferred, -beean'se :they of-ly fer `fno-obstruction to the -`tree 'fmove-unam:of the ,carrier through the-tunnel. Itshould she observed, however, itha-tot-her mea-nslof limiting theetilting movement of ythe vtrucks might read-ily be substituted for those-specified.

'1lhetrucks`27zare designed torreceive upon.

er cart-thatis loaded 'with the :material-'toi bedeposte'd upon-fthe lfcarrier22. It Ais for .thatreason thattheirnpper'surfaces are :made `flush with the upper surface of the :platform 1 `in :order that the vehicle maybe vdrivenfcr propelled from the ield upon Whichz-the :platform'l is'bu-ilt directly-upon the truck. -In .the drawings I have 'illustrated the Strucks 27 as adapted to .accommodate a tram ear. (Shown in Fig. IV and indicated by the reference-numeral 39..) Thecar 39-is provided! with flanged wheels'32, ftoaccommodatewhich each of the trucks 2:7 :is provided with --Iini'lsy 33, that are preferably countersunk ,finto grooves 34k', provided 4for them.

' Upon oppositesidesof the tunnel 12 I pro- -vide atopposite ends of the platform -l a `series of tracks '3.5v and36 and 37 and`38, respectively. The rails of each track are adapted to ali-ne with the rails 33 on therespective trucks, lof which, .as illustnrated,V two `sets fare employed, andltoaccom modate therespeotive .sets the tracks at the opposite ends `of i'the platform lare provided.

:In practicethefope-ration:of my device :isias follows: Thetruck-s -27 of each series areall shiiteditoloneside oftheplatform '8 and, if adapted to accommodate Acnrs, 39,51a1ze thus broughtfinto position invwhich their respective rails 33 aline with those of the tracks upon vthe platform'l. The truck27 nearer thetun- .n el`12 is loaded and A,dumped by tilting, as illustrated -The load'in'gconsists in super- `imposing upon it a car 39 or cart, whichever may fbe-zusedi and by the tilting of the truck "the fconten'ts'of the car or cart are dumped upon the carrier. vIn this connection it should enbserved thatiilu ,practice f meansshould be mployed forpreven'tingthe car or cart from mufnnifngo'tf fo-ffithfe truck when the lat-ter is *tilted* "After dumping it is shifted along the rails 24, ,25, and26 Vtoithlat.sid efof thezplatform 33 itlmtEis-oipposiie Ito A,the remainingunloaded 'ztnuck @E thefseries. Its 'aar Vin thatV position ibe taken colinas nlpon the trac-k `35, Aand f 'in the glilkesmannsr the :next Itruck v"may be loadedfdlrmgped,andshited As'fastrasf'each seriesxis :car-:sied through `Lthe operation :de-

scribed its trucks may be operated inthe ;re

`Minne;manner, eandfsoffthe process mayfbenn ade apnacticafllyeontin-uonsjand'ithe'cavrierf22skept continuously loaded.v `This may `:be `accompI-ishedthrongh the-employmentoftwo series of. ftrucks 27;, as illustrated in :the drawings,

.nach lseries being independently 1o pe rated fin "the `manne-rtspecified. @It might sbe practica- ','ble to employ i'n each :seriesl'apgreater ,num-

.ber of struekisftlrantwoi; y but -t'fwofare :believed to be suicient in practice andeare certainly sufficient ftozifllu strate `the .principle `of ,my Si nl-venfti'on i t t 'The-,mode'of:operationafbove:describedmay be variedzbyawokingzeach truck/fof fa series 'alternately'ifback and forth Ifrom opposite l sides; but that isa'meredetail of foperatiou which fhas :not-hing :to :do with the patentable :featuresof myeinvention. j

What I :claim .fis-- sl. I1n :fa carrier and `feeder the 'combination 'withan fexcavted tunnel 'and carrier work- ;ing o'ngitudinal'ly within the t-unn'e'l, of fa y plat-form built ii-usn with the earthand-'opening into ythe tunnel fromfaboven saidplatform adapted' to accommodate.avehiclefor loading ytitre carrier, s-lrbstantially:asset'forth 2.. .lnla Vcarrierand Ifeeder theconibination with a :platform built nlnshwith 'the real-th, van excavated tunnel, and a carrier Working flon- .gi'tudnally therein, of a. `vehicle -upon .zthe platform, and means for discharging :contents "o'f the Yvehiclefromabove,upon the-cai`- rien, substantially asset for-th.

3. -,The combination V'with a 'platform saperture therein, and `fear-rior workingin theapertu re, of ta plurality fof rails `upont-heipl'atorzm, including a medial .rail Aand a broken iateral rail, a )movable platform traveling uponsaid rai-ls andadapted'tobetilted on the medial rail into the aperture above the carrier, 'substantia'llyzas set forth. Y

4. The combination with a platform,;aper `ture therein, and carrierWorki'ngYin the .aper- Sture, of aplural-ityiofrai'ls uponthe platform,V

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including a medialrail and a broken lateral rail, a movable platform traveling upon said rails and adapted to be tiltedon the medial railinto the aperture above the carrier, and

means for limiting` said tilting movement,

substantially as set forth.` Y t 5. In a carrier and feeder the combination with a platform, depressed platform, tunnel therein, and carrier Working longitudinally Within thetun nel, of a movable platform upon the depressed platform and having its `upper u surface Hush with the surface of the firstnamed platform, and means forV discharging a load from the movable platform to the carrier, substantially as set forth. p

6. The combination with a platform provided With one or more tracks, a depressed platform, aperture therein, and carrier Work- Y `ing in the aperture, of a movable platform 

